Example sentences of "[num] years they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bradens moved to Toronto where they did well in CBC productions , and in 1949 moved on to London where for the next 30 years they made quite an impression at the BBC , both in radio and in television . |
| 2 | After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established . |
| 3 | For the better part of the next forty years they were to be the decisive restraints . |
| 4 | For nearly forty years they formed what seems to have been the perfect working partnership , each attending to that part of the business to which their very different characters suited them best . |
| 5 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 6 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 7 | For six years they have transformed half an acre of bleak Cotswold cottage garden into a celebration of vibrancy . |
| 8 | For the past six years they 've spent time perfecting the revolutionary 3.6 litre , 32 valve , V8 engine . |
| 9 | Once every 100 years they resume their human shapes and renew their embraces ; anyone who sees them then is turned to stone . |
| 10 | Alan added : ‘ While our senior managers have combined experience of over 100 years they are aged 40 and under , thus enabling us to offer the most up-to-date knowledge of shipping and air freight requirements . |
| 11 | In 100 years they would regard that as pathetic . ’ |
| 12 | During the last 10 years they had , Taylor explained , expended a large sum of money without deriving " any profit whatsoever " , and were inclined to hope that this and the further anticipated expense entitled them to consideration by " Royalty reduction or otherwise " . |
| 13 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 14 | For the next thirteen years they offered no really serious opposition to government policies : but their refusal in 1787 to accept proposals for important new taxes and tax reforms was a crucial step in the destruction of the old regime in France . |
| 15 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 16 | For three-and-a-half years they had met twice or thrice a month , holidaying clandestinely together , clasping happiness against all the odds , basking blissfully in each other 's company . |
| 17 | Even after more than fifty years they have not been fully appreciated by many philosophers , and are still the subject of much controversy . |
| 18 | ‘ If we did n't shoot them , ’ he says , ‘ then within two or three years they would be so out of hand that we 'd have to give up sheep farming . ’ |
| 19 | In the past three years they have spent £1m transforming the former run-down pub on the banks of the River Severn into an attractive 34-bedroom hotel with restaurant and conference facilities . |
| 20 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 21 | Over the past three years they have turned one of the most dishonourable Soviet professions into something worthy of admiration . |
| 22 | Over the last three years they 've built up a steady following , which is hardly surprising , since their stage show is one of the most acclaimed in local music . |
| 23 | In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs . |
| 24 | This was despite the fact that probably the most influential piece of evidence they received during the three years they sat , the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's ( CEMWC ) updated report , Sexual Offenders and Social Punishment , recommended a universal age of consent of 17 . |
| 25 | For the past three years they had shared her tedious exile on her father 's estate , where she had seen no one but her brothers and aunts . |
| 26 | They chose a spot by a river , on the side of a mountain , they called three hundred workmen together , and for three years they toiled at building the city . |
| 27 | At the end of three years they were no further on . |
| 28 | Peop they 're like they 're like umbrellas that need unfolding and people say oh they 'll spread out and they 'll develop foliage well there 're similar sorts of trees on Castlegate and they 've been there about three years they 've done nothing in fact they 're dying . |
| 29 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 30 | For three years they had neither met nor spoken . |